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Command Appointments

Commander in Chief

From To Rank Name Acting
03-Aug-1924 20-Nov-1924 General The Lord Birdwood *
03-Apr-1925 05-Aug-1925 General Sir Claud Jacob *
06-Aug-1925 29-Nov-1930 Field-Marshal The Lord Birdwood
30-Nov-1930 12-Feb-1933 General Sir Philip Chetwode
13-Feb-1933 29-Nov-1935 Field-Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode
30-Nov-1935 27-Jan-1941 General Sir Robert Cassels
27-Jan-1941 05-Jul-1942 General Sir Claude Auchinlech
05-Jul-1941 05-Jan-1942 General Sir Archibald Wavell
05-Jan-1942 07-Mar-1942 General Sir Alan Hartley
07-Mar-1942 31-Dec-1942 General Sir Archibald Wavell
01-Jan-1943 20-Jun-1943 Field-Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell
20-Jun-1943 31-Aug-1945 General Sir Claude Auchinlech

Deputy Commander in Chief

From To Rank Name Acting
07-Mar-1942 15-Jun-1944 ? General Sir Alan Hartley End Date is uncertain

Branch of The General Staff

Chief of the General Staff

From To Rank Name Acting
13-Jan-1920 30-May-1920 Lieutenant-General Sir Claud Jacob
31-May-1920 05-Aug-1924 General Sir Claud Jacob
26-Oct-1928 02-Jul-1930 General Sir Philip Chetwode
03-Jul-1930 21-Mar-1931 Lieutenant-General Sir Cyril Deverell
10-May-1934 19-Feb-1937 Lieutenant-General Sir William Bartholomew
19-Feb-1937 11-Oct-1937 General Sir William Bartholomew
12-Oct-1937 04-Dec-1937 Lieutenant-General Sir Ivo Vesey
05-Dec-1937 30-Jun-1939 ? General Sir Ivo Vesey
30-Jun-1939 09-May-1941 ? General Sir Eric de Burgh
10-May-1941 27-Dec-1941 Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hutton
14-Feb-1942 05-Apr-1944 Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Morris
06-Apr-1944 31-Aug-1945 Lieutenant-General Sir John Swayne

Deputy Chief of the General Staff

From To Rank Name Acting
27-Mar-1920 18-Feb-1922 Major-General Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd
19-Feb-1926 12-Dec-1929 Major-General Sir Walter Kirke
01-Sep-1936 17-Jul-1938 Major-General Sir Claude Auchinlech
18-Jul-1938 21-May-1940 Major-General Sir Francis Nosworthy
20-Jul-1940 09-May-1941 Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hutton
10-May-1941 29-Dec-1941 Major-General GN Molesworth
29-Dec-1941 19-Apr-1943 Lieutenant-General GN Molesworth
19-Apr-1943 08-May-1944 Major-General WC Holden
19-Oct-1944 31-Aug-1945 Major-General JG Bruce

Deputy Chief of the General Staff (Additional)

From To Rank Name Acting
17-Jun-1942 25-May-1943 Major-General TJW Winterton

General Staff Officer I

From To Rank Name Acting
08-Nov-1940 11-Mar-1941 Colonel AJH Ross

General Staff Officer II

From To Rank Name Acting
01-Aug-1939 07-Apr-1940 Major Sir Sidney Kirkman

Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence

Director of Military Operations and Intelligence

From To Rank Name Acting
17-Sep-1938 17-May-1940 Brigadier GN Molesworth
17-May-1940 17-Apr-1941 Major-General GN Molesworth

Deputy Director of Military Operations and Intelligence

From To Rank Name Acting
03-Oct-1936 16-Sep-1938 Colonel GN Molesworth

Directorate of Military Training

Director of Military Training

From To Rank Name Acting
20-Sep-1926 08-Aug-1930 Brigadier Sir Henry Jackson
09-Aug-1930 19-Sep-1930 Major-General Sir Henry Jackson
18-Sep-1940 30-Sep-1941 Brigadier FIS Tuker

Deputy Director of Military Training

From To Rank Name Acting
15-Jul-1940 17-Sep-1940 Colonel FIS Tuker

Directorate of Staff Duties

Director of Staff Duties

From To Rank Name Acting
18-Jul-1938 31-Dec-1938 Major-General Sir Francis Nosworthy
21-Sep-1941 19-Jun-1943 Major-General SW Kirby

Deputy Director of Staff Duties

From To Rank Name Acting
25-Oct-1933 30-Nov-1935 Colonel HV Lewis

Attached to the General Staff

Royal Artillery

Major General Royal Artillery

From To Rank Name Acting
03-Sep-1939 27-Mar-1942 Major-General WPJ Akerman
28-Mar-1942 ? 31-Aug-1945 Major-General WHB Mirrlees

Royal Signals

Chief Signal Officer

From To Rank Name Acting
10-Aug-1942 02-Oct-1944 Colonel FJ Allen

Branch of The Adjutant General

Adjutant-General

From To Rank Name Acting
04-May-1928 14-Oct-1929 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Cassels
15-Oct-1929 09-May-1930 General Sir Robert Cassels
01-Apr-1936 11-Oct-1937 Lieutenant-General Sir John Brind
14-Oct-1937 14-Dec-1940 ? Lieutenant-General Sir Roger Wilson
15-Dec-1940 ? 14-Oct-1941 ? Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Haig
24-Oct-1941 10-Mar-1944 Lieutenant-General Sir William Baker
11-Mar-1944 31-Aug-1945 Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Deedes

Deputy Adjutant-General

From To Rank Name Acting
24-Oct-1941 25-Nov-1943 Major-General CW Toovey
04-Oct-1942 03-Oct-1944 Major-General DAL Wade

Assistant Adjutant-General

From To Rank Name Acting
27-Apr-1939 02-May-1940 Colonel CW Toovey
18-Jun-1941 23-Nov-1941 Colonel FJ Alfieri
24-Nov-1941 28-Apr-1942 Brigadier FJ Alfieri

Directorate of Organization

Director of Organisation

From To Rank Name Acting
20-Oct-1944 31-Aug-1945 Major-General M Glover

Branch of The Quartermaster General

Quartermaster-General

From To Rank Name Acting
25-Feb-1927 02-Jul-1930 Lieutenant-General Sir Cyril Deverell
04-Oct-1933 30-Jun-1935 Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Ironside
30-Jun-1935 15-Mar-1936 General Sir Edmund Ironside
04-Apr-1938 15-Mar-1940 Lieutenant-General Sir Bertrand Moberly
16-Mar-1940 25-Mar-1941 ? Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Haig
26-Mar-1941 ? 02-Mar-1942 Lieutenant-General CD Noyes
02-Mar-1942 09-Jan-1944 Lieutenant-General WGH Vickers
09-Jan-1944 25-Mar-1945 ? Lieutenant-General Sir Balfour Hutchison
25-Mar-1945 ? 31-Aug-1945 Lieutenant-General AR Godwin-Austen

Deputy Quartermaster-General

From To Rank Name Acting
08-Aug-1941 05-Mar-1942 Major-General RL Bond

Assistant Quartermaster-General

From To Rank Name Acting
22-Jun-1940 17-Jun-1941 Colonel FJ Alfieri

Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General

From To Rank Name Acting
05-Dec-1936 07-Apr-1937 Major W Aird-Smith
15-May-1939 15-Oct-1940 Major RE Urquhart

Directorate of Supplies and Transport

Deputy Assistant Director of Supply

From To Rank Name Acting
01-Jul-1938 21-Jun-1940 Lieutenant-Colonel FJ Alfieri

Branch of The Master General of the Ordinance

Master General of the Ordinance

From To Rank Name Acting
01-Apr-1942 31-Jul-1944 ? Lieutenant-General Sir Clarence Bird

Deputy Master General of the Ordinance (Additional)

From To Rank Name Acting
08-May-1944 15-Mar-1945 ? Major-General WC Holden

Engineer-in-Chief's Branch

Engineer-in-Chief

Engineer in Chief

From To Rank Name Acting
28-Aug-1939 30-Jun-1941 Major-General Sir Clarence Bird
01-Jul-1941 31-Mar-1942 ? Lieutenant-General Sir Clarence Bird
16-Mar-1942 07-May-1943 Major-General RL Bond

Branch of The Military Secretary

Military Secretary

From To Rank Name Acting
20-Feb-1926 10-Jan-1930 Major-General Sir John Coleridge
21-Aug-1943 06-Mar-1944 ? Major-General Sir Ralph Deedes
06-Mar-1944 15-Mar-1945 ? Major-General RC McCay

Military Secretary, India Office

From To Rank Name Acting
10-Jul-1943 31-Dec-1944 Lieutenant-General GN Molesworth

Deputy Military Secretary

From To Rank Name Acting
01-Oct-1937 20-Dec-1939 Colonel Sir Ralph Deedes
21-Dec-1939 17-Aug-1940 Colonel BW Key
18-Aug-1940 25-Mar-1941 ? Lieutenant-Colonel RC McCay

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History Important Dates and Events in the History of the Unit
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Locations Locations where the Unit served
Notes Miscellaneous Notes for Unit
Order of Battle Order of Battle for this Unit
Sources Bibliography for Unit
Subordinates Units subordinated to or attached to the Unit
Superiors Units to which this Unit was subordinated or attached
Theatres Theatres of Operations which Unit served in